Some Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) receive grant support from the federal Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) program.
The Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) Program is a federal grant program created under the Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act of 1990, which amended the Public Health Service Act to include Section 340A. The PHPC Program was reauthorized under the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996 as Section 330(i) of the Public Health Service Act.
The mission of the PHPC Program is to provide residents of public housing with increased access to comprehensive primary health care services through the direct provision of health promotion and disease prevention activities and primary health care services. Services are provided on the premises of public housing developments or at other locations immediately accessible to residents of public housing.
Nearly 20 NACHC members serve on the NACHC Health Care in Public Housing Task Force, which considers issues and priorities related to FQHCs providing health care in public housing and makes recommendations to NACHC’s Board Chair. In 2007, NACHC publishes an Information Bulletin specifically about this program.
- The Public Housing Primary Care Program: Updates and Opportunities (See Special Population Series Information Bulletin #9)
Other resource materials relate to providing health care to all special populations, including those living in public housing. These include:
- Resource documents for health centers that provide services to special populations. (see Publications – Special Populations series Information Bulletins, particularly numbers 6,7, and 8.)
- Education sessions at national meetings that relate to issues faced by FQHCs serving special populations.
For information about Primary Health Care to Residents of Public Housing, contact Malvise A. Scott at NACHC, telephone 301-347-0400.
